MEKANÏK DESTRUKTÏW KOMMANDÖH

To those who don't appreciate this album and had a one-star rate, I felt absolutely pity for that. This is the kind of masterpiece that prog lovers MUST ACKNOWLEDGED. You can't deny It makes massive contribute to the whole history of zeuhl.

As long as I got the original album, I was astonished by the huge golden spaceship logo on the sleeve and marvelous printing. On the back was some tracklists and credits as well as a brief description. Inside was a huge gatefold inner with a story the album tells so you can understand what they are actually playing. The design is very clean and tidy, which is pleasing and can't help but looking to it. 4.5/5

The album sounds astonishing too. Not to say the recording is good. With vocals filling the entire album, they constructed an epic chapter of Theusz Hamtaahk. The songs on A side as well as the others are strung together without pause, just like the other rock opera albums... The A side sounds kinda bizarre and not much serious, which is hard to chew and tasteless for the Earthmen but delicious for the kobaians. The third track was my favorite (Though I like them all) for it's outstanding vocals and drums. However, when it comes to the B side, things gone different. The atmosphere and rhythm suddenly became rapid and tense. Madness and Anger tear everything around, unknown roar and heart-rending shouts fill up your ears, consuming your sanity. And at last, all the emotions were relieved. The soft and powerful music makes you imagine the end of the legendary epic. I have goosebumps when heard "Nebëhr Gudahtt" every time. Magma truly built up a dark universe which is full of hatred, fantasies and Danger. Absolute 5/5.

Do you know why bands like ZAO, Bondage Fruit, Eskaton plays zeuhl so well? Because they are all kobaians! And honestly, I'm already kobaian. I don't speak to Earthmen :)

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